Wheel.



L. H. PERLMAN.

- WHEEL.

APPLICATION F|L ED SEPT. 23. 1916.

v Patented Aug. 21, 1917.'

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' Louis H. P nnLMAN, or New Yoan, n.1?. f

Specification' of Letters Patent. PatentediAlg. 21., 191 '1.

Application filed September 23, 1916. i Serial No. 121,834.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Louis H, PERLMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at N ew York, in the county of New York and State of New' York,have invented certain 'neiwand useful Improvements in Wheels;

and -I doV hereby declare the-following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to Awhich it appertains to make and use the same. l

This invention relates'to improvements in demountable rims for vehiclewheels, `such as automobile wheels, and the object in 'f view is theprovision for efl'ectively'locking the ends of a cross-cut demountablerim.,

With this and further objects in viewA as will hereinafter in partbecome apparent and `in part be stated, the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as sub-Asequently specied and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,-

` Figure l ,is a fragmentary plan view of '5a. demountable rim embodyingthe features off the present invention.

Fig. 21sa transverse axial section therei-through taken on the planeindicated by .line 2 2 of Fig. l, a fragment ofa wheel body beingillustrated in its coperative relation to the rim and showing partly inelevation and partly in vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the .plane indicated by line 3-,3of Fig. l and looking in the direction indicated by .the Farrow. fReferring to the'drawingby numerals,

1,1 indicates a demountable rim of the usual and 4. 5.1:? A latchvisconnected to terminal 3 to en- ?gage terminal 4. The said latch consists.of a tongue or strip of metal riveted or otherwise fixed to the undersurface of rim 1 at the terminal 3 and bent upwardly at 6 through anotch 7 formed inthe material of rim l and opening at the terminal 3.The

strip or tongue 5 is bent again to ext-end from the pointof notch 7toward `and valong thevterminal portion 4 and that part of the tongue ocross-cut channel type, the rim being cross-v cut at the point 2,leaving rim terminals 8 and being sufliciently depressed to allow` thetongue 5 vto `have its outer Ysurface liej flush with the outer surfaceLo f the base of rim 1.l v.That edge ofthe depressed 'portion ..60 8'more remote from the end 4 o'frim 1 is' cut away from the material ofthe rim and' a notch 9 is formed along such edge to receive the free endportion of the 'tongue`5'- .The said free -end portion is bent inward,

as indicated at 10, andin operation extends through the notch 9 andprojects a sufficient distance inwardly to enter a recess 1l formed inthe felly band l2 of a wheel body 13. The said flange oi' projection l0thus forms a driver which prevents circumferential creeping of rim 1 inoperation.

It will be understood, of course, th/at'the;i

rim is mounted in the usual manner' td? rest against tlange-14 of fellyband 12 at. one edge and/ atthe other edge of rimv l1' the rim issupported by thev usual locking means, not illustrated. f Y .f

It is to be noted that the bend 6 'is suinciently abrupt to cause theniaterialjof the tongue 5 to lie within the notch `7 vand to be flushwith the cut edge of rim 1 represented by the end 3.

In operation, the lrim l is collapsed or distortedv axially aspreferredfor the removal and' application of a tire as is well understood in themanipulation of cross-cut demountable rims of the channel type.

W hat I claim is l.' In a Wheel structure of the class described, thecombination of a cross-cut demountable rim of the channel type having anotch at one terminal, and a latch comprisingfa tongue xed to the innerface of one terminal of the rim extending through saidl notch and alongthe outer face of the other terminal of the rim and engaging the latterterminal vfor locking the terminals together.

2.' In a wheel structure of the class described, tne combination 'of across-cut' demountable rim of the channel type having a not-cli at oneterminal, and a latch comprising a tongue fixed. to the inner face ofone terminal ofthe rini extending through said notch and along the outerface of the other terminal of the rim and engaging the latter terminalfor'locking the terminals together, the last-named terminal being formedwith a depression for receiving the tongue and allowing the same to liewith its outer face iush with `the outer face of the base of the rim. i

i 3. vIn a wheel structure of the classfde-` scribed, the combinationofa cross-cut delv mountable rim of the channel type having a.

- notch at one terminahand a latch compris-` ing a tongue fixed to theinner face of one terminal of the rim extending through sald notch andalong the outer face of the otherterminal of the rim and engaging thelatter terminal for locking the terminals together', the last-namedterminal being.v

formed with a depression for receiving the tongue and allowing the sameto lie With itsy o outer face Hush with the outer face offthe vterminal'of the rim extending throughl said notch and along lthe outerface of? the other terminal of the rim and engaging the latter "terminalfor locking the terminalstogether,

.the last-named terminal being formed with a d pression for receivingthe tongue and allowing the-same to lie with its outer face v'flusn'withthe outer face of the base of the rim; the rim being formed- -With anotch at thele terminal of the-tongue being extended sufi ficiently-toform a wheel-engaging driver.

5. In a Wheel structure of the class del scribed,` the combination witha cross-ontdemountable rim of the channel type, of a v, latch thereforengaging the inner face of one terminal ofthe rim and the outer face ofthe other terminal thereof.

6. In a wheel structure of the classl de-4 t scribed, the combinationwith a cross-cut demountable rim of the lchannel type, of a latch fixedto one face of one terminal of the rim and having` a locking engagementWith 'the relatively opposite face of the other terminal of the rim, Y

7. In a Wheel struct-ure of the class described, the combination with across-cut ldef mountable rim of the channel type, of a latch fixed tothe inner face of one terminal of the rim and having a. lockingengagement with the outer face of the other terminal of the rim.

l .1e-"of the depressed lportion remote from the4 cut end'of the rimyand the tongue y being formed with its free-'terminal bent to'l projectthrough said notch, the projecting In testimony. whereof I aflix mysignature in presence of t\vo Witnesses. i

LOUIS I-I.V PERLMAX. Witnesses:

I. B. LETBSON, O- W. Morr.

